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A Mayhew 1000 on a MOL 6x6 is silhouetted against the colors of a Tunisian Desert Sunset.

Daily Photo – Tunisian Desert Sunset

This photo of a Tunisian Desert Sunset was taken in Tunisia – quel surprise! I only spent a couple of months in the Tunisian desert but I remember it was in the winter. It was cold at night and we were billeted in single-walled canvas tents rather than the heated trailers we used in Libya. I recall we had three-bar electric heaters to try and take the edge off the cold but you could only run two bars at most […]

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Lady Be Good in 1990

Lady Be Good – Day 7, April 11, 1943

Continuing with my series of posts on the story of the Lady Be Good. Toner’s Diary: SUNDAY, April 11, 1943 Still waiting for help, still praying, eyes bad, lost all our wgt. aching all over, could make it if we had water; just enough left to put our tongue to, have hope for help very soon, no rest, still same place. Ripslinger’s Diary: SUNDAY, April 11, 1943 Palm Sun. Still struggling to get out of dunes and find water. Toner’s […]

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